Is it just me or does the "pea" baby look like it's neck was run over by a steam roller? Let's hope that the "realism" is not continued under the blanket or some folks might have trouble keeping their cake down! Also, I wonder what a piece of cake from the butt section would taste like?

That last one is terrifying. Skill and effort in the basketwork and writing, though - just a truly alarming lack of judgement in the face department.First one, ignoring its aesthetic problems for the moment, has NOT ENOUGH CAKE, surely? I mean, how many is that gonna feed? It's mostly blanket. (And the head looks worryingly like it might be a giant ball of icing. Ick.)

Am I weird for - on the last cake - seeing one of those old Holland nuns with the big white hat-thing? And the first one totally looks like one of those babies you make in home-ec out of panty hose that you make your boyfriend carry around for you all week and "take care of it". hehehe

OMG, quick someone cut Ashlyn out of the cake and fast...at least her face is up and she can still breathe, unlike that other poor family...by the time they noticed the baby had been eaten by the cake only her feet were left. Such a sad and unecessary way to lose a baby...death by frosting and all.

Is it too gruesome to point out when I saw the first one I thought it looked like a rotting cadaver?and the second one made me think of pro life leaflets and the third one is like something out of a horror movie or Barbarella.

Jen or John, I wish I could make this clicky for your readers, but I am STILL laughing about the "Han Solo style" comment. TOO funny!http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/wrlds/strwrs/pr/img/orig/Episode_5_Han_Solo_Carbonite.jpg

Doesn't every parent have a photo of their kid in the bathtub, everything but their face covered in bubbles? Looks like that might be sweet little Ashlyn's problem, although I'm not sure babies in bathtubs is really something to celebrate.

The face on the final cake is like the ones on those crocheted toilet paper cover dolls my Grandma used to make. *shudder*http://www.craftamerica.com/dimple_doll_face.htmWV: frutbles I like my buffet to have frutbles, like strawberries, cherries and melon.

It really does look like the same countertop for all three cakes, although the first one looks like someone's house.Those last two definitely look like they must have been taken by the decorators themselves, with all the equipment and icing in the background, so maybe those photos will be going into their portfolios!

Ergh. #1 and #3 are disturbing enough. #2... well, unlike many people, I do not think baby feet are cute. The ones on this cake go beyond that and are downright revolting. Who thought this was going to be appetizing?

I also love seeing the random stuff on the counters around the cakes. For instance, what's that giant thumbtack-like thing in the last photo? What's that for? And the countertops in the all three photos are remarkably similar...

Cakes...babies...frosting globs...yeah, yeah, yeah...BOR-ING!Yes, they are slightly left of attractive. One might even say: "I Can't Believe It's Not Better!" -for a professional job.But there are way more fun things going on here. Questions starving for answers! F'rinstance: 1. Why is Sweet little Pea's cardboard bed hanging partially off the edge of the counter? Pretty reckless, isn't it? Why, the cake could fall off accidentally. Some might even hint at "intentionally"...2. I don't get why we always cover our under-the-cake cardboard slabs with foil. It's not that much more attractive, and neither is edible. 3. What's really piqued my curiosity is the last one (and here we go again with the edge-crowding).Was the bassinet awning (in a previous life) a lampshade? Seems like it. Hey- cut it, slog frosting on it, and there's your...well...lampshade with frosting on it. Give it to the kiddies & let 'em lick it off.And WHY didn't they use that pretty green frosting? It's right there on the counter! See it?One last thing: What is that thing that looks like a giant thumbtack, sitting there by the cake?

Laura Dotson-Thomson said... "Am I weird for - on the last cake - seeing one of those old Holland nuns with the big white hat-thing?"***I don't see that here, myself, but I remember being about 3 or 4 years old and afraid of that thing, too. It was the Old Dutch Cleanser woman. What made it super-creepy to me was that she had no FACE, and she was lurching along holding up a big stick.*shiver*

To answer the question of the "thumb tack" in the last pic....that is called a flower nail. Decorators use it to create frosting roses on a rotatable surface and then transfer the flower to a cake. Some bakers use it as a heating core in the center of very large pans to ensure even heating during the baking process. It's not out of place at all.

Cake Believe said... "To answer the question of the "thumb tack" in the last pic....that is called a flower nail. It's not out of place at all."********Thanks for clarifying! That's a nice little gadget to have around. Would these be available in both clockwise spin and counterclockwise spin versions (for both righties and lefties)? >^~-^<Idea: When not being twirled in the name of flower creation, I'd bet these things could pinch hit as a deterrent to anyone's sitting on the countertops.

The second cake, the one with the feet, looks a hell of a lot like there is a pastel monster devouring a baby. The weird rose tear drop type things (what were those even intended to be?) are the sinister glaring eyes.

Here's what I like best about the last cake - notice how the mixing bowl and icing is in the background? What the heck was the green icing for? Were those shades of pink and purple just not wrecky enough?

All three of these cakes would have been so nice if no body parts were on them. You should never put severed feet and headless babies on cakes ever, unless those kids are going to be born on Halloween.

Totally agree that the baby feet cake looks like a c-section. It's bringing back painful memories. I had a breech baby (thus a c-sec) so for a moment in time, that's what my stomach looked like--a big slit and two baby feet.OK, go enjoy your breakfast, folks.

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